“Nonviolence is the only honorable way of dealing with social change, because if we are wrong, nobody gets hurt but us. And if we are right, more people will participate in determining their own destinies than ever before.” Rev. C.T. …
Category: Racial Violence
Freedom to Fight
“I have been in some kind of fight – for freedom,
equality, basic human rights – for nearly my entire life.”
equality, basic human rights – for nearly my entire life.”
One week ago today we lost a hero. U.S. Rep. John Lewis was a living testimony of our
Juneteenth “Freedom Day”
On June 19, 1865 (over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed by President Abraham Lincoln), enslaved Africans in Texas finally received word that they had been emancipated. The celebration of their freedom became what is known to us …